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• <br /> PROGRAM HEADER - COVER PAGE <br /> Organization Name * <br /> Youth Guidance <br /> Executive Director E-mail ' <br /> Douglas Borrie dborrie@youthguidanceprogram.org <br /> Address ' Telephone <br /> P.O. Box 121, Vero Beach, FL 32961 (772) 770-5041 <br /> Fax <br /> (772)770-5042 <br /> Program Director' E-mail • <br /> Elizabeth Healey ehealey@youthguidanceprogram.org <br /> Address ' Telephone <br /> P.O. Box 121, Vero Beach, FL 32961 (772)770-5040 <br /> Fax <br /> (772)770-5042 <br /> Program Title * <br /> Youth Guidance Mentoring Academy <br /> Priority Need Area Addressed <br /> After school and summer recreational activities and academic enrichment programs <br /> Brief Description of the Program* <br /> Over the past three years, Youth Guidance has transformed the way we mentor. Focusing on social and emotional <br /> development through mentoring, Youth Guidance is both following cutting edge research, and following its heart as <br /> we closely align with our mission, history and core purpose... to build a path out of poverty for children from low- <br /> income, single parent homes. The transformation began with the development of the Mentoring Academy model. <br /> This model has been a success on all fronts. Children are excited by the variety of activities (up to 15 mentoring <br /> groups each week)volunteer mentors like the ability to commit to one semester at a time(all groups are operated <br /> on a 7 week semester schedule)and parents like the options we have for all age levels as it allows them to enroll <br /> multiple children in the program. Our one-to-one mentoring program has also undergone significant changes. Rather <br /> than a mentor being matched with a child and hoping a relationship develops, we are matching mentors and children <br /> who already know each other. It is now required that all one-to-one mentoring relationships are created in the <br /> Mentoring Academy. That means that the mentor and child have already worked together in a mentoring group, <br /> have found commonalities and mutual interests, and want to spend more time together. One-to-one mentoring <br /> relationships formed in this way have proven to be some of the strongest we have created. <br /> 2017044 Page 3 of 24 05/03/2017 <br />